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bookish

adjective as in scholarly

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If your stocking was a little lacking in the literary department, there are plenty of bookish delights heading your way in 2025.

From BBC

A solitary, bookish boy whose dreams came true, after a fashion, who proved that movies really can change your life — albeit in ways you can never quite plan on.

But his measured, bookish approach is often drowned out by the anguish and fury of crime victims.

He casually dated her bookish sister, Pat, before he turned to the outgoing Ethel.

Few faiths are as bookish or as unapologetic for holding on to tradition in both language and aesthetic.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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